ROBERT GREENE 609 S. Greenwood Ave, Columbia, MO 65203 (917) 371-7681 [email protected] EDUCATION M.F.A. in Media Arts Studies (Film), City ColleGe of New YorK, 2002 B.A. in MDS-Film, North Carolina State University, 2000 B.A. in Communication, North Carolina State University, 2000 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE (January 2015-Present) University of Missouri, Department of Journalism FilmmaKer-in-Chief, The Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism TEACHING Journalism 4371/7371: Documentary Theory 3 credit hours, Fall 2015 - PRESENT The introductory Murray Center class, where I introduce aesthetic and ethical issues in documentary filmmaKinG. Journalism 4373/7373: Documentary Development 3 credit hours, Spring 2016 - PRESENT The preproduction class for the Murray Center where I work with students to develop their capstone film ideas; includes the Murray Center Pitch Forum. Film 3855: History of the Art of Documentary 3 credit hours, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2016, Fall 2015 Film Studies class where I screen classics and rarities from documentary history to locate the true artistic nature of the form. Honors Tutorial: Documentary ThrouGh the True/False Lens 1 credit hour, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020 Honors course designed to introduce students to documentary film throuGh the proGramminG of the True/False Film Fest. Co-taught with Prof. Stacey Woelfel. Film 4860/2860: Documentary Masterworks 3 credit hours, SprinG 2020 Film Studies class where I discuss major directors and major trends in the history of documentary filmmaKinG. 1 Film 3005: Documentary Production 3 credit hours, SprinG 2019 Film Studies class where I led a group of students in pitching, developing and producing a short documentary film. Film 3820/ German Studies 3005: Major Directors: Werner Herzog 3 credit hours, Fall 2017 A comprehensive dive into the worK and life of filmmaKer Werner HerzoG, co-taught with Prof. Brad Prager. Film 4860: Fiction/Nonfiction in 1960s and 1970s 3 credit hours, Spring 2017 Film Studies class where we screen and discuss the aesthetics and politics of movies from the 1960s-70s that blur the lines between fiction and nonfiction. Journalism 7050: Communications Practice (Individual Study) 3 credit hours, Spring 2017 Guiding graduate student Will Linhares in a production-based independent study where he creates three short films and helps edit a Murray Center capstone film. Journalism 7050: Communications Practice (Individual Study) 3 credit hours, Spring 2016 GuidinG Graduate student Abby Connolly in an independent study where she creates a series of relevant video essays on documentary aesthetics. Film 4860: Films about FilmmaKinG: Instruction and Metaphor 3 credit hours, Spring 2016 Film Studies class that looKs at movies about the filmmaKinG process to understand how this process and can reveal deeper societal truths. ADVISING Graduate Committee Supervision • AleKsandar PetrasKovic (2020) • Daniel Christian (2019) • Taylor Hensel (2019) • Sam Roth (2019) • Yuxuan Jia (2019) 2 • Emily Kummerfeld (2019) • Amanda MainGuy (2018) • Michael English (2018) • Beatriz Costa Lima (2018) • Andrew Leland (2018) • Tiffany Crouse (2017) • Will Linhares (2017) • Sebastian Martinez (2017) Honors LearninG By Contract • Shelby Hart (2018) Murray Center Capstone Film Supervision Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Oversaw and guided the production and editing of eighteen individual Murray Center capstone films in 2017, nineteen in 2018 and fourteen in 2019. COMMITTEES • M.A. Affairs Committee (Fall 2019, Spring 2020) • Student Outreach & Recruitment Committee (Fall 2018) • Communication Committee (Fall 2016) ADDITIONAL TEACHING/ MASTERCLASSES Masterclass: Documentary Contradiction & Fantasy October 12, 2018, Raleigh, North Carolina Masterclass session at North Carolina State University Masterclass: Documentary Fantasies and Interventions July 11, 2018, Bisbee, Arizona Masterclass session durinG symposium in Bisbee, Arizona Masterclass: Documentary Fantasies April 18, 2018, Nyon, Switzerland Masterclass session at the 2018 Visions Du Reel Festival.0 Masterclass: Documentary Fantasies March 23, 2018, CopenhaGen, DenmarK Masterclass session at the 2018 CPH:DOX Festival. 3 Masterclass: Expressions in Documentary May 1, 2017, Toronto, Canada Masterclass session at the 2017 Hot Docs International Film Festival. Masterclass: Austin Film Society February 18, 2017, Austin, Texas Masterclass and workshop session at the Austin Film Society for the International Documentary Association. Masterclass: Editing November 5, 2016, St. Louis, Missouri Masterclass session at the 2016 St. Louis Film Festival. Masterclass: Documentary FilmmaKinG November 7, 2015, St. Louis, Missouri Masterclass session with Nick Berardini at the 2015 St. Louis Film Festival. Masterclass: On Editing Actress June 20, 2015, London, UK Masterclass at the 2015 Open City Documentary Festival. The New School 2008-2014, New York, NY Substituted as a guest lecturer for several of DouGlas Tirola’s documentary classes. True/False Film Fest 2010-2013, Columbia, MO Guest Lecturer/Ambassador for the festival, tauGht classes on documentary to film and arts students at the University of Missouri and Moberly Area Community ColleGe, mentored high school students one-on-one on documentary filmmaKinG. North Carolina State University 2008, Raleigh, NC Guest SpeaKer, Intro to Film Classes CAMPUS SERVICE PROGRAMMER (January 2016-PRESENT) Based On A True Story Conference, University of Missouri Helped proGram and orGanize the annual BOATS conference, which explores the intersection of documentary and journalism. MODERATOR (January 2016-PRESENT) Moderator of on and off campus talKs with Murray Center VisitinG Artists, includinG filmmaKers Steve James, Yance Ford, FredericK Wiseman, Sabaah Folayan, Damon Davis, RaMell Ross, Rachel Boynton, Kitty Green and more. 4 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS Bisbee ‘17 (2018) - Director, Writer, Editor Distributed by Amazon/4th Row Films, PBS P.O.V. Film Festivals: Sundance, True/False, London, BAMCinemafest, Full Frame, CPH:DOX, San Francisco International, AFI Docs, Hot Docs, Los Cabos, RIDM Kate Plays Christine (2016) - Director, Writer, Editor Distributed by Grasshopper Film Film Festivals: Sundance, Berlin, True/False, London, Full Frame, BAMCinemafest Actress (2014) - Director, Producer, Editor, CinematoGrapher Distributed by The Cinema Guild Film Festivals: True/False, Hot Docs, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Torino, Melbourne, DMZ Docs Fake It So Real (2011) - Director, Producer, Editor, Co-CinematoGrapher Distributed by Factory 25 Film Festivals: True/False, CPH:DOX, Rooftop Films, Popoli, Sarasota, Maryland Kati With An I (2010) - Director, Producer, Editor Distributed by Icarus Films Film Festivals: True/False, Doc NYC, Visions Du Reel Owning The Weather (2009) - Director, Producer, Editor, CinematoGrapher Distributed by Seventh Art, Cinetic RiGhts ManaGement, Sundance International Film Festivals: U.N. Climate ChanGe Conference in CopenhaGen, Full Frame DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS Concerned Student 1950 (2016) - Producer Made with Murray Center students for Field of Vision Southern Gothic (2015) - Director, Editor Made for Sight & Sound Magazine, April 10, 2015 The Art of Nonfiction (2014) - Director, Editor Made for Sight & Sound Magazine, AuGust 7, 2014 Goodbye Engineer (2012) - Director, Producer, Editor, CinematoGrapher Dallas Videofest Ghost Towns Of Arizona (2006) - Director, Editor, CinematoGrapher Film Festivals: Rooftop Films One Dead In Ohio (2006) - Director, Producer, Editor Film Festivals: ChicaGo UnderGround, New YorK Underground, PDX 5 Sports (2005) - Director, Producer, Editor Film Festivals: ChicaGo UnderGround, New YorK UnderGround, Video_Dumbo Six Videos About Tourism (2003) - Director, Producer, Editor Film Festivals: New YorK UnderGround Ye Are The Light Of The World (2002) - Director, Producer, Editor Film Festivals: New YorK UnderGround, Rooftop Films SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS • Retrospective/ Atelier at the Visions Du Reel Festival in Switzerland (2018) • One-Person Show of Short Films at the Millennium in New York (2002) SELECTED ADDITIONAL FILM WORK Serafim (2020) - Producer Directed by Robert Kolodny, Mustache/House of Nod In Production Her Smell (2018) - Editor Directed by Alex Ross Perry, SomethinG She Musical Enterprises, Inc. Film Festivals: Toronto, New YorK Film Festival, AFI Fest Golden Exits (2017) - Editor Directed by Alex Ross Perry, Nineties Roamer, LLC Film Festivals: Sundance, Berlin Contemporary Color (2016) - CinematoGrapher Directed by Bill and Turner Ross, Public Domain Winner: Best CinematoGraphy, Tribeca Killing Them Safely (2015) - Editor Directed by NicK Berardini, Boxcar Films/IFC Film Festivals: Tribeca Queen of Earth (2015) - Editor Directed by Alex Ross Perry, Her Majesty September Productions/IFC Film Festivals: Berlin, BAMCinemaFest Christmas, Again (2014) - Editor Directed by Charles Poekel, Obscured Pictures/Factory 25 Nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards “Cassavetes” Award Film Festivals: Sundance, Locarno, New Directors/New Films 6 Listen Up Philip (2014) - Editor Directed by Alex Ross Perry, WashinGton Square Films/Sailor Bear/Tribeca Films Winner: Special Jury Prize, Locarno Film Festival Film Festivals: Sundance, New York, Locarno Approaching The Elephant (2014) - Producer, Editor Directed by Amanda Rose Wilder, Wilder Films Nominated for the Independent Spirit Awards “Truer Than Fiction” Award, Nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary Film Festivals: True/False, BAMCinemaFest,